The uniting of heroes and villains into a rainbow of Lanterns and deputies to defeat Nekron sent Blackest Night #7, the latest chapter of the cosmic crossover by writer Geoff Johns and artist Ivan Reis, to the top of the sales charts, joining the previous six issues of the series atop the charts, giving DC Comics the best-selling comic book in February 2010.

In total, DC Comics had six of the ten best-selling comics for the month. Green Lantern #51, a part of the Blackest Night crossover, ranked #3. Grant Morrison's "Darkest Knight" storyline in Batman and Robin, which sent Batman and Batwoman to London, had two issues in the top 10; issue #8 ranked #4 and issue #9 ranked #5. Green Lantern Corps #6, also part of the Blackest Night event, ranked #8 for the month, and The Flash: Rebirth #6 rounded out DC's offerings in the top ten at #9.

Marvel Comics placed four books in the top ten best-selling comics of February, led off by Siege #2 at #2, the second chapter in the Brian Michael Bendis/Olivier Coipel crossover story that brings Marvel's heroes together to defeat Norman Osborn's plans to conquer Asgard. Two tie-ins to Siege placed in the top 10 — Dark Avengers #14 at #6 and New Avengers #62 at #7. Rounding out the top ten was Uncanny X-Men #521, which ranked #10 for the month.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKSBased on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in February 2010

QTYRANK

DOLLARRANK

INDEX

ITEM CODE

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

VENDOR

1

1

213.11

DEC090133-M

BLACKEST NIGHT #7

$3.99

DC

2

2

176.91

DEC090432-M

SIEGE #2

$3.99

MAR

3

5

155.83

DEC090136-M

GREEN LANTERN #51

$2.99

DC

4

6

142.44

DEC090151-M

BATMAN AND ROBIN #8

$2.99

DC

5

7

137.97

DEC090153-M

BATMAN AND ROBIN #9

$2.99

DC

6

3

125.04

DEC090436-M

DARK AVENGERS #14

$3.99

MAR

7

4

124.66

DEC090435

NEW AVENGERS #62

$3.99

MAR

8

10

123.03

DEC090138-M

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #45

$2.99

DC

9

12

115.56

JUL090202-M

FLASH REBIRTH #6

$2.99

DC

10

16

109.40

DEC090546-M

UNCANNY X-MEN #521

$2.99

MAR

11

21

109.27

DEC090440-M

THOR #607

$2.99

MAR

12

17

106.62

DEC090140-M

BLACKEST NIGHT THE FLASH #3

$2.99

DC

13

8

103.72

DEC090488-M

CAPTAIN AMERICA #603

$3.99

MAR

14

18

100.00

DEC090155

BATMAN #696

$2.99

DC

15

22

97.67

DEC090474-M

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #620

$2.99

MAR

16

11

96.52

DEC090464-M

ULTIMATE COMICS X #1

$3.99

MAR

17

23

95.77

DEC090144-M

BLACKEST NIGHT WONDER WOMAN #3

$2.99

DC

18

9

93.85

DEC090195-M

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #42

$3.99

DC

19

29

90.31

DEC090476

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #621

$2.99

MAR

20

28

89.58

DEC090142-M

BLACKEST NIGHT JSA #3

$2.99

DC

21

30

88.04

DEC090438-M

DARK WOLVERINE #83

$2.99

MAR

22

13

87.99

DEC090477

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #622

$3.99

MAR

23

15

87.65

DEC090146-M

ADVENTURE COMICS WITH BLACK LANTERN SUPERBOY #7

$3.99

DC

24

14

84.78

DEC090506-M

HULK #20

$3.99

MAR

25

33

83.77

DEC090554-M

X-MEN LEGACY #233 XN

$2.99

MAR

26

34

81.62

DEC090497-M

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #23

$2.99

MAR

27

35

81.24

DEC090552-M

X-FORCE #24 XN

$2.99

MAR

28

36

78.28

DEC090047-M

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #32

$2.99

DAR

29

19

75.06

DEC090434

SIEGE EMBEDDED #2

$3.99

MAR

30

20

74.84

DEC090509-M

INCREDIBLE HULK #607

$3.99

MAR

31

38

72.74

NOV090510

DEADPOOL #19

$2.99

MAR

32

39

70.72

DEC090462

DEADPOOL #20

$2.99

MAR

33

31

70.55

DEC090494-M

DOOMWAR #1

$3.99

MAR

34

27

68.81

DEC090472

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #7

$3.99

MAR

35

24

68.55

DEC090148-M

BLACK LANTERN GREEN ARROW #30

$3.99

DC

36

45

65.21

DEC090442-M

AVENGERS INITIATIVE #33

$2.99

MAR

37

32

64.05

DEC090512

FALL OF HULKS RED HULK #2

$3.99

MAR

38

46

63.73

DEC090187

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #36

$2.99

DC

39

48

63.13

DEC090490-M

DAREDEVIL #505

$2.99

MAR

40

49

61.80

DEC090150

SECRET SIX #18

$2.99

DC

41

50

61.23

DEC090495-M

FANTASTIC FOUR #576

$2.99

MAR

42

52

59.50

DEC090164

RED ROBIN #9

$2.99

DC

43

55

58.64

NOV090120

QUESTION #37

$2.99

DC

44

37

57.12

DEC090565

DARK X-MEN #4

$3.99

MAR

45

58

55.93

DEC090461

DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #8

$2.99

MAR

46

59

55.39

DEC090444

THUNDERBOLTS #141

$2.99

MAR

47

25

54.69

DEC090188

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL #2

$4.99

DC

48

26

54.39

DEC090171-M

SUPERGIRL #50

$4.99

DC

49

60

54.21

DEC090175

SUPERMAN BATMAN #69

$2.99

DC

50

62

52.87

DEC090173-M

SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #12

$2.99

DC

51

65

51.40

DEC090169

SUPERMAN #697

$2.99

DC

52

66

50.55

DEC090562-M

X-FACTOR #202

$2.99

MAR

53

69

50.32

DEC090524-M

SECRET WARRIORS #13

$2.99

MAR

54

67

50.26

DEC090556-M

NEW MUTANTS #10

$2.99

MAR

55

40

50.04

DEC090548

NATION X #3

$3.99

MAR

56

42

49.16

DEC090551

WOLVERINE WEAPON X #10

$3.99

MAR

57

70

49.14

DEC090460

DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #896

$2.99

MAR

58

44

49.12

DEC090536-M

MARVELS PROJECT #6

$3.99

MAR

59

41

48.69

DEC090170

ACTION COMICS #886

$3.99

DC

60

47

48.65

DEC090469

ULTIMATE COMICS ENEMY #2

$3.99

MAR

61

43

48.40

DEC090189

JSA ALL STARS #3

$3.99

DC

62

72

48.17

DEC090162

BATGIRL #7

$2.99

DC

63

75

47.14

DEC090564

CABLE #23

$2.99

MAR

64

51

45.60

OCT090487

ULTIMATE COMICS ARMOR WARS #4

$3.99

MAR

65

54

44.40

NOV090433-M

DARK TOWER BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL #3

$3.99

MAR

66

77

44.33

DEC090163

GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #9

$2.99

DC

67

53

44.09

DEC090157

BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #9

$3.99

DC

68

56

43.30

DEC090194

TEEN TITANS #80

$3.99

DC

69

57

42.97

DEC090446-M

DARK TOWER BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL #4

$3.99

MAR

70

78

42.64

DEC090520

SPIDER-WOMAN #6

$2.99

MAR

71

79

41.37

DEC090200

WONDER WOMAN #41

$2.99

DC

72

61

41.29

DEC090516-M

MS MARVEL #50

$3.99

MAR

73

63

40.04

DEC090504-M

INCREDIBLE HERCULES #141

$3.99

MAR

74

81

39.96

DEC090197

TITANS #22

$2.99

DC

75

64

39.64

DEC090478-M

WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #5

$3.99

MAR

76

73

39.17

DEC090530-M

REALM OF KINGS SON OF HULK #1

$3.99

MAR

77

83

39.16

DEC090416

WALKING DEAD #70

$2.99

IMA

78

88

38.27

DEC090522

PUNISHER #14

$2.99

MAR

79

90

37.55

DEC090532-M

NOVA #34

$2.99

MAR

80

91

37.21

DEC090534-M

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #23

$2.99

MAR

81

68

37.21

DEC090448-M

STAND SOUL SURVIVORS #4

$3.99

MAR

82

71

36.67

DEC090572

PUNISHERMAX #4

$3.99

MAR

83

89

36.64

DEC090357-M

HAUNT #5

$2.99

IMA

84

84

35.74

DEC090795

BOYS #39

$2.99

DE

85

144

35.39

NOV090719-M

PROJECT SUPERPOWERS CHAPTER TWO #7

$2.99

DE

86

74

35.37

DEC090561

PSYLOCKE #4

$3.99

MAR

87

94

34.54

DEC090160

OUTSIDERS #27

$2.99

DC

88

76

34.30

DEC090180

BOOSTER GOLD #29

$3.99

DC

89

95

34.10

DEC090191

POWER GIRL #9

$2.99

DC

90

99

32.79

DEC090060

STAR WARS LEGACY #45

$2.99

DAR

91

103

32.20

DEC090523

VENGEANCE OF MOON KNIGHT #5

$2.99

MAR

92

80

31.19

DEC090528

REALM OF KINGS INHUMANS #4

$3.99

MAR

93

82

30.01

DEC090558-M

WOLVERINE SAVAGE

$3.99

MAR

94

85

29.37

DEC090486-M

AVENGERS VS ATLAS #2

$3.99

MAR

95

87

29.27

DEC090529

REALM OF KINGS IMPERIAL GUARD #4

$3.99

MAR

96

86

29.16

DEC090568-M

X-MEN FOREVER #17

$3.99

MAR

97

113

28.57

DEC090274

JOE THE BARBARIAN #2

$2.99

DC

98

112

27.86

NOV090030

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #18

$2.99

DAR

99

115

27.50

DEC090165

BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #41

$2.99

DC

100

92

27.08

DEC090183

GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #29

$3.99

DC

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Data for Diamond’s sales charts – which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts – are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 accounts, comprised of comic book specialty shops and other merchant stores and buyers. The shops are primarily located in North America, with a percentage of sales also to international stores and buyers located throughout the world. The account base includes not only brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, but also Internet stores, chain stores, and other specialty stores.

Unit and dollars sales are calculated based upon orders invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during any given month, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.

About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond’s monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond’s total sales for the issue of DC Comics' monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles’ ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.